m_right wrote:
I started to refuse to vote a long time ago. I was tempted with Obama but fortunately I can proudly say I didn't fall into the trap. He is the perfect example of why I stopped in the first place.

Trouble is, if enough people refuse to vote for the two main parties of clowns then they end up giving the extremists the chance to seize the initiative.

Good article, though a little contradictory this one. He's calling protestors "emotional retards" today but in other articles advocates protesting and people power to remove corrupt and self-serving governments/politicians.

Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? - Hunter S ThompsonGet out there: On The Road Asia

buksida wrote:Good article, though a little contradictory this one. He's calling protestors "emotional retards" today but in other articles advocates protesting and people power to remove corrupt and self-serving governments/politicians.

Valid point. I was going to quote one paragraph in reply and ran into the Post's 'editorial policy', and got so pissed off I'll probably stop posting any links to the Bangkok Post. It's been banned elsewhere. Why should I post links to a newspaper that considers 'fair use' to be 36 words or less?

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! "Hey, I got a great idea! Let's piss off all the English speakers and readers who may post links to our website!"

Suthep Thaugsuban could give up, move back to Surat Thani and become a rubber farmer. He could tell his supporters to go home and let there be a general election come the month of June. There could be peace by tomorrow. But that’s not realistic, is it? He’s winning, so of course he’s not going to give up.

However there’s another scenario on how this political crisis could end, based on the reality of how situations have developed. Mind you, we’re talking about ending the current battle, not the war.

Yes, that pretty much sums things up and also shows why Sutheps 'reforms' will be nothing more than positioning himself and his cronies to be in the driving seat on the big day and little to do with righting any wrongs.